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114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 219
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 21, 2015Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for abortions, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Hyde Amendment Codification Act.
2.
Prohibiting Federally
funded abortions
Title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:
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Prohibiting
Federally funded abortions
301.
Prohibition on
funding for abortions
(a)
In
general
No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended for any abortion.
(b)
Health benefits
coverage
No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.
302.
Treatment of
abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of the
mother
The limitations established in sections 301 shall not apply to an abortion—
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
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